CURRENT AFFAIRS : DAYS
World Hindi Day Observed on 10 January
- World Hindi Day is celebrated every year on January 10.
- Vishwa Hindi Divas commemorates the anniversary of the first World Hindi Conference held in Nagpur on January 10, 1975.
- The conference was inaugurated by the then prime minister Indira Gandhi in Nagpur.
- World Hindi Day was first celebrated in 2006 by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh.
- The aim of the conference was to promote Hindi language worldwide.
- National Hindi Divas which is celebrated annually on September 14.
